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Out in the country, you're more likely to be on your own. That affects your thinking, bringing it into line with the conservative ideals of self-reliance, honesty - a handshake seals the deal - and an additional reliance upon God - there's no one around when the skys turn dark and the winds pick up, forcing one to his knees in prayer. The latter leads to a desire to know God through His Word.

In the city, there are so many people it's easier to hide. Self-reliance and honesty are not required for survival when theft provides a viable alternative. Temptations abound. The very values espoused by the agrarian posit a barrier to such fleshly pleasures. Many of the consequences lead to despair.

God's creation mandate to man was this: be fruitful and multiply, and rule and subdue the earth. Farmers are more in obedience to this command. Moreover, many of the problems that lead to false assumptions of overpopulation (and therefore create false demands for birth control and abortion). Such would not be the case at urban levels in an agrarian society.